After dinner, everyone would chat for a while longer before going home.
The public security in the Priliccia District was relatively better. The middle class cared a lot about security. They didn’t have bodyguards, so they could only rely on the protection provided by the police department.
But they also had not-so-weak social connections, so the police precinct in a middle-class district was not a good assignment.
No one knew when they would be complained about over the phone for some matter.
And these middle-class people were very difficult to deal with. They also knew how to use the law as a weapon. At least the lower class didn’t know they could hire lawyers to sue the police department, but the middle class did.
So here, at intervals, you could see patrol officers parked on the side of the road. They were there to arrive at the scene of an alarm more quickly and to make those middle-class people shut their smelly mouths.
In such a relatively safe environment, they could go back a little later.
After dinner, there would still be some time for emotional exchange. Around eight o’clock, they would start to take their leave one after another.
“What were you all talking about just now? The way they looked at me seemed a little off?” William returned to Emily’s side and asked in a low voice.
The way those ladies looked at him was very strange. Some even had a fire in their eyes, giving him the illusion that his legs were going weak.
Emily raised her head and answered with a smile, “We were talking about flower arranging and cooking.”
In the end, William decided to believe Emily, “They don’t seem very normal. Talk less with them about deep topics.”
At this moment, Barbara suddenly tapped her knife and fork, which brought everyone’s attention over.
“Dear uncles, aunts, brothers, and sisters, actually, there is one more thing I want to tell everyone today.”
“Recently, our company has launched some new investment businesses with very high rates of return.”
“The monthly return rate is as high as fifteen percent, and this is a guaranteed investment. They will use this money for capital operations to obtain more profits.”
“Our family has already invested and has also received the first month’s rebate, so I feel that this kind of good thing shouldn’t be known only to us. After we discussed it, we decided to share it with everyone.”
“Of course, I also have some selfish intentions…” Barbara did not hide her thoughts, “If I handle it, these can be counted as my performance, and I can get a commission from it.”
“I’m not saying you all have to do it, I’m just providing a suggestion…”
His idea quickly attracted the attention of many family members. A fifteen percent monthly return rate, this was f—king almost catching up with usury!
But this time, it wasn’t them borrowing at usurious rates, but lending usurious loans to others.
Lance also heard it. He found it a bit incredible. The first thought was that this was a f—king scam!
A fifteen percent monthly return rate. If this kind of stable money-making path really existed in the world, then Barbara’s company would be bloodbathed from top to bottom!
Even if they were a listed company, it wouldn’t work, let alone the fact that it wasn’t a listed company!
The bank would one hundred percent be willing to provide them with unlimited loans, and they themselves would not possibly let others do their money-making business.
Lance never believed that there were purely good people who would rather not make money themselves to let others make money first.
William seemed very interested, and Patricia was also very interested. After all, for family members like them, besides power, making money was their greatest pleasure.
“Sounds very good.” William touched his chin, “A one hundred and eighty percent annual return rate. If we invest $10,000, it will become $28,000 after a year.”
Emily didn’t feel it very strongly at first, but when she heard this number, she couldn’t help but exclaim, “So much?”
Then she asked again, “How much spare cash do we have left?”
William thought for a moment, “$60,000 or $70,000.”
Seeing the couple preparing to make a big move, Lance reminded them, “It sounds like a scam.”
William and Emily looked over at the same time, “What do you mean?”
Lance explained his theory. Although it wasn’t very sophisticated, it pointed directly to the essence of the matter!
William was a little anxious after hearing it, “We can’t let everyone be deceived. Lance, you have to tell them your discovery.”
Lance shook his head, “It’s not my discovery, it’s yours. It’s not convenient for me to speak. At this time, it’s you, on the contrary, who is more suitable than me.”
For Barbara to propose this business at this time was obviously to get a commission.
Lance didn’t know what percentage her company had offered her, but it was definitely not a small number. It could be ten percent, or even twenty or thirty percent.
For the company, it was all scamming money anyway. As long as someone could help them scam more funds, even if they gave half away, they would still be making a profit.
So this matter, which would obviously offend people, was not good for Lance to do, but William didn’t care.
He had argued with family members many times over the years. They wouldn’t target him so obviously.
William let go of Emily, asked Lance some more things in detail, and then strode to Barbara’s side and put forward his own views…
In the end, William still persuaded these people, “…We need to review this company and their investment projects, otherwise we can’t believe it can pay our money and principal on time.”
“It doesn’t matter if we don’t make much money. The money is still ours. What we’re afraid of is that it will no longer belong to us!”
Although Barbara was a little annoyed, William’s status in the family was rising rapidly now, and what he said was not without reason.
He even explained the reason why Barbara and the others had received the interest for the first month.
Using the principal to pay the interest!
“I will consult the company…” Barbara was a little hesitant. She still didn’t believe her company was a scam. She had been working there for more than two years.
She had watched with her own eyes as a company of less than twenty people grew to have over a hundred employees in such a short time.
This loyalty brought about by growing together made it difficult for her to waver in her view of the company.
On the other hand, the men felt that there were indeed some problems here, after William helped them escape from the trap of high returns.
Lance, however, kept an eye out and remembered the name of this financial company—Basil Investment Bank.
After returning from the family gathering, Lance did not spend the night at Patricia’s house. Although he felt that Patricia was ready, William and Emily were also at home, which would make the girl feel a little uncomfortable.
After whispering in the car for a while, until things were about to get steamy, Lance left in a hurry, for fear of an accidental discharge. It was not the time yet.
After returning home, he called Elvin over, “Go and check out which warehouses on the docks have liquor.”
Now there were many of his people on the docks, and the existence of the dockworkers’ club gave Lance a lot of influence on the docks. They didn’t reject Lance and the Lance Family at all.
As long as it wasn’t a warehouse with separate guards, Elvin would definitely be able to find out.
Elvin was a little confused. Lance explained the matter of the Coast Guard’s “upgrade” to him, “The difficulty of smuggling will become greater. We can consider getting a batch of liquor in our hands first.”
“When the news is announced next month, the price of liquor will definitely skyrocket. We can also continue to acquire some agricultural products.”
“It would be best to see if there are any farms or the like nearby and sign a supply agreement with them.”
“Before the prohibition is lifted, liquor will continue to be very profitable and sell well.”
Elvin also had his worries, “The matter of contacting the farmers is easy to solve. I can arrange for people to handle it.”
“But if we take away the liquor in the port warehouses, will it bring us trouble?”
“I heard that a lot of the liquor in the warehouses belongs to the Five Families and the rich of the Bay Area, as well as some large corporate groups.”
“These people are very difficult to mess with!”
Lance knew he had misunderstood and specifically explained, “I didn’t say we should ship away the liquor directly. Doing so would indeed make us a target for others.”
“Don’t forget, we have people in the Bureau of Hazardous Materials now. We can report this information to them.”
“Dale and those greyhounds have always wanted to catch a big case, so let’s give them this opportunity!”
“After they have seized all this liquor, we will find a way to get it out.”
A look of surprise appeared on Elvin’s face, “My God, how did you think of that?”
Lance leaned back in his chair, “With my brain, of course.” He paused, “By the way, help me check out the situation of a company called Basil Investment Bank. It’s in the city center…”
Elvin firmly recorded this name and asked curiously, “Did the people from this company offend you?”
Lance shook his head, “They might be planning a big scam in Golden Port!”
“Golden Port belongs to the people of Golden Port. The money they scam from here should also return to the hands of the people of Golden Port.”
“I am a person of Golden Port!”
It sounded like there was no problem. Finally, they exchanged information on the “undercover” situation.
“We can’t see anything today. These people are all at work. No one disappeared halfway, and no one went out to make a phone call. It looks very normal.”
These newbies had only joined the family for a short time and were already getting involved in the family business, which also made them very excited.
Not to mention a place as attractive as a bar. Although they couldn’t drink themselves, it didn’t stop them from feeling the fun there.
And Lance also allowed them to have a couple of drinks during non-working hours. After all, it’s the nature of young people to join in the fun and play around. Forcing them to restrain their nature is wrong in itself!
In today’s observation, no abnormalities were found, but Lance felt that this didn’t mean they had no problems. After making the decision to “continue observing for a few days,” he let Elvin leave.
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